title: Gallbladder carcinoma update: multimodality imaging evaluation, staging, and treatment options.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review the epidemiology, multimodality imaging findings, differential diagnosis, pathologic staging, and current treatment options of gallbladder carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding the characteristic appearances of primary gallbladder carcinoma at multiple imaging modalities can facilitate diagnosis and enable more accurate staging for triage to extended resection or an alternate therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Presbyterian Campus), 200 Lothrop St., Rm. 3950 CHP MT, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furlan
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Keyanoosh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosseinzadeh
authors.forename: Amir A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Borhani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000639:trends; D013382:Subtraction Technique / Q000639:trends*